All things necessary for soul and body; which Christ our Lord has comprised in that prayer he himself has taught us.
*119. What are the words of that Prayer?
Our Father which art in heaven. Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
46. LORD’S DAY.
120. Why hath Christ commanded us to address God thus: Our Father?
That immediately, in the very beginning of our prayer, he might excite in us a child-like reverence for, and confidence in God, which are the foundation of our prayer (Luke 11;11); namely, that God is become our Father in Christ (John 1;12), and will much less deny us what we ask of him in true faith, than our parents refuse us earthly things (Matt. 7;11).
John 1;12.—But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe in his name.—Eph. 1;5.—Gal. 4;6.
Matt. 7;11.—If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven, give good